The Sun. — London, England, 1810-06-22 00:00:00

A new Writ was moved for the town of Wey- Thwah, in the room of G. TI Steward, Esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The Deputy U,lier of the Black Rod appeared at the and desired the attendance of this Ht‘use in the House of Peers, to Lear his Maje,t) Ls Speech on pr,roguing the Parliament. Ihe SPEAKER, attended by the whole House, went to the Flon,e of Peers. Oct their return, the SPEAKER at the table read the Speech, atter which the Members all retired. PIPERS ELATIVE TO THE 'CAMPAIGN IN PURTL'GAL AND SPA! N. Capy of a Letter front. the 111:1iON Werlesley - to Sir Arthur Weile4ley, dated Seville, Aug Is, 1809. . [Continued.] 'O. Under the discretionary . poWer . .witich • you .were'pleasecl - to leave tome, I have sent yOur second letter on the subject of the rank of , Captain General in tire Spanish army to Don Martin de - Garay.. It it should be his Majesty's pleasure that y-u should not permanently hold that rank, the mode 'which you have adopiedin that letter, affords a sufficient op portunity for- the operation of his Mij,sty's co,n maqd, and I am sat isfi:..d that this. course , f proceed ing will he more agreeable to this Goveinment, than that- which Nkas proposed in your first letter. I have fnmardedsto Don Martin. de Garay your letter respeeling. the horses presented to you by the Junta, and alio concerning the pay of Captain Ge neral. 14. I have received with great concern the de scription contained in these letters of the . t.fistre.s of your army, and of the perverse conduct of General cue Sta.. This Government is disposed to remote General have from his comiLand, whenever it . shall have received from you, or from the British ambassador, a regular \ and detailed statement of his misconduct. It is my intention IQ present. to the Secretary of State, a recital of the several taats st.tted in your dispatches respecting Gen. Cuesta, but, in judgment, i my t would not appear to me to he pro per that I should directly insi,t upon his removal. 'As far as I can coiled your sentiments upon 'tins point, they appear to coincide with mine. It is not to be suppoted that this Government will continue to 'em *ploy- General 'Cuesta in the chief command of the army, after having rv , ceivtil full notice of the several lads which you have stated ; and I am Satisfied that removal_ would be made with mote chcerfulht ss ,and alacrity, and with less danger of unpopularity, if it sho.ild appear to be rasher the necessary conse quence of his own. conduct, than tie result of the iuteiterence of the British Ambassador. I. leave tie honour to be, &c. &c. &c. WELLESLEY. (Signed) Dispatch (separate) from the Marquis Wellesley, to Mr. Se cretary Caniihig. tlarad,Seville, list August, s4•9.—with three inclosures. SIR, In consequence of the discussions which took. place between M. De Garry and we, resFeciing Ge reral Cu!sta, M De Garay at length requested me 'to state, In a note, my desire that he Siianish Gh -vernment titioula take the riece,s - iry, measures for placing,the command of the army in the hands of a more competent and tractable officer titan General Cuesta appeared to be, fry los conduct in the last cam asgn. .2. 'rids request of M. De Garay was the natural result of the course 'which I had pursued, in throw- - in; upon the Go,f rnment of Spidn, the respotisi. Witty of leaving the command in. Estretnadura in such hands. 3. Being no* relieved 17y M. de Garay's express solicitations.from any difficulty, I addressed the, en cloSed note to him, to which he bas returned the dn. , sw of which a translatiLn k inclosed. '4. You w ill 'serve, that General Cuesta's health • bad required - him to desire to be reli. vrd from the cornman.l of E•trethauura, and that his rz..signattoti - had been accepted by tie Government. b. Tire Government avail, itsAt of this 0, 6s:on to urge the continuance of the• British Array in Spain, and - insitmates, that some a§surance from me to teat etrett would be required, previously to th,- of a successor to Genrrol Cuesta. I hive nue • thought the insinuation of st,ffi ient imporfanc: to justiftriny particular notice.' In the ute;iti - w the command in Estreinadura has devolved on Eguta, au ~ s licer, whose ,local knowkAe of Spain is said to be considerable, bUt who is de scribed' to'be other - Wise quite incapable of holding such a coninranth •6. The most proper person for the . comman.l,in E,treinadura, would be tile Dukt. Of • Albuquerque, who ,hais been tristingrisbett by several a 'Cts of gal- lautry and spirit -in the . last campaign. He is an oject of jealousy to Ju•ta, and if he should be appointed to the co emand in Estretnadora, attempts Will certainly be wade tO reduce the .tre.tgthof that divisfou of the Spanish arniy. • • I have the honour to be; • With great truth and respeB, (Signed) Your mist obedient Humble servant, WE LL ESLEi% 'The Right Non. Geo Cam ing, ezc. Copy of a Letter fro:n the Marquis Wellesley to Don Mar. nude Ugray, dAwci Sevine r igth August Slit. , Li al: my recent conferences with your Excellency, I hive stated to you my sinctre 'egret to find, that great embarrassments had bren felt by Sir Arthur Welleiley, and the tiritish Army, iu consequence of the condu4 of the Officer holding the chief Command of the 'Spanish troops. 1-hiving fully explained all the tads stated by Sir Arthur Welles ley on this painful subiecl, I assure I your k:xcel lency that I relit d entirely on the Government of :Spain', to provide an adequate remedy for an evil which menaced the glory - and even the security of the allied armies. In a matter of such delica , y as • tie removal of a General, distinguished by site sa vour of the Government of Spain, I Wished to ab " stain from intertence ; unless 'the absulote necessity of • the case s or the positive desire of y our Excel-. feuds, should rerite me to express-my sentiments. Innumerable events have proved, that it i s imps bible to hype tor any system of united exertion in r.-cakied arm*, for aoy.degree .of eaucie:t operation, or even for any aYd . from the troops of Spain to the British Army, 'if the chef command of the Spanish arinv sh,itild be in the hands of Ge neral Guesta. Your Excellency al•o has earnestly desired that I should express ray opinion on this -point avuh the freedOm which becomes the Ainba , -- sador of a King, whose cause is the same with that of.your Sovereign and the Spanish nation. To such considerations it is a public duty to post pone all motives of delicacy and sentiments of regret for time Officer whose name has been men tioned, .Wititout reserve,-theretore, I request your . Excellency to acquaint the Supreme Government, that, in answer, to your Excellency's inquiries, I think it•necessary to; declare, that I shall applaud the wisdom and public spirit of the Government of Spitini,_ it it shall proceed without delay , to make an arrangement for.the chief comnrind of the Spanish army, which may atlbid a more favourable prospea Of union, cordiality; and energy in . the prosecution of the war. I an), ‘cc. &c. Ea. (Signed) His Excellency 430 n Martin (1g Garay, &t. etc. • WELLESLEY ; • i AN.lk IV SD - -I Malta. Vus.- i Cottesiburgb, t Lisbon. • l'ltiCtE S'ITh.:I:S THts ote.A . r. Twr.t..vE ')'(LOCK. for Ovenlog 7I Red. Ann • - - 69, I" if b SoLEM LUIS DICERE FALSVM AUDEAT?' L u A Du A, FRMAY, JUNE 22, 1810. REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AMERICA. The Musette, % . 4hich arriyeil esterday at Spit- head from Curacoa, brought dispatches for Govern- ment of a into iniport2nt tiature. They state, that the whole of tad Inhabitants of the Caraccas had. proclaimed . themselves independent; in con- sequence of the sudden departure of the Juno, and of the approach of the French to Seville. In their proclama'ion of inilepeodence, the 'nimbi- tants of the Caraccas have expressed in the strongest language their delermined hatred to the French, and their attachment to Great Britain, and their desire to form an alliance with her. We have received Dutch and French Pipers, the former to the 17th, and the latter to the 14th inst. The intelligence from Spain is upon the whole of a satisfactory nature. It appears from the French ac • counts, that the gallant inhabitants o f Cat a l o nia con tinue to makeltir most- astonishing etf►rts against the French. The ebeckS and def.,ats .. whi e t t have at different times 'ustatued, so' fir frOm dtspi- riting them, seems V.) have only inspired them with new courage. Gent.ral AVGBR EAU, who expeqed to have triumphed almost without resistance over the undisciplined Rebels (as he called them) of Ca talonia, has, been frustr3le,l in all his efforts, and has at length been rernoired from the command of the army. General MACDONALD has been appoint ed to succeed him. These papers state, that the British squadron which was cruizing before Barcelona, having been driven off by a storm, the French took the oppor tunity of throwing sotn- relief into that place. Letters from Cons:antinople state, that nearly the w hole of the subu►b of Perri has been burnt down.— Ir was occasioned by the Janissatieg, who commit ted peat excesseS, but were at length disarmed by the inhabitants. The other intelligence contained in these Papers is not very important. The Monitetir fives a 1-mg ac , mint of the entertainment given by the City of Paris to BUONAPARTE. The Ball given on that occa sion w+s opened by MAittA LoutsA, who danced a quadrille with JEROME BUoNAPARTE, EUGENE BEAU HARNOTS, and Madame MURAT. One of the List em blems of Republicanism which remained at Paris has . been removed. Under the clock of the Hotel de Ville, (where the entertainment was given) was the following inscription :—" Unity—the Indivisi bility of the Reptiblic—Lib,.rty, Equality, Crater- . nity, or Death." And in front of the building was the Cap of Liberty. The Inscription and .tlie Cap of Liberty *ere visible on Sunday, when LIUONA= PARTE went to the Hotel de Ville, and probably at trakSted his notice, for the next day they were re moired. Government have received Dispatches from Cadiz to the 4th inst. No event of any importance had occurred, except that in a gale of wind two of the Spanish prison-ships, the Castilla, of O 4 guns, and a hulk with between 7 and 800 prisoners on board, a great proportion of whom were Officers, part ed their cables and drifted on shore under the French batteries. Our boats, in attempting to bring them off, were fired• upon by the. prisoners, and a Lieutena-tit and six seamen were killed, and about 30 woundcil. Upon this the fire from our vessels was opened upon them ; great, numbers of the French were killed and . the remainder escaped on shore,-- Both the ships were: 3e! fire to by shells tbrowa from Our born-vessels, art htirnt.-=-Ane her t 'wish vO. - - sel with spec e on board to the amount of 250,0001.• went on shore, but was got off by the exertions of the British se:Ainen. We . communicated some days ago to our Readers an 'account. of the reduction of the Island of St. • Maurd, and Dispatches arrived yesterday in con-. firma:ion. of the fa& Brigadier-General OswALD commanded the Expedition with true British spirit, and recerv'ed all poseible support from the troops un der his command. Oar attacksirom batteries against the Fortress' had been vigorous . for several days, and at .length the Commandant sent out a flag of truce, requiring a few hours to determine on tertns of capi tulation. He was informed that he must surrender unconditionally, and half an , hour Was allowed for his decision. He. declared that before he would , • yield to such terms he;, would bury himself under the "ruins of the place, but just before the half hour expired, thought proper to• surrender. There ,were 714 Frenchmen in the garrison, who are of courSe prisoners of war. Our loss was one Subaltern Officer, 2e rank and file, and Major C4AitK.E, of the 3 regiwent. Among the wounded Were two Field Officers, seven - Captains, two Subalterns, and 130 met). The following is a statement of the Troops which were yesterday in London and its environs, stationed in readiness to assist the Civil Power, should their services have been found necessary. CAVALRY. The Life Guards,- the 3d Dragoon • Guards, or King's Own, the 12th Light -liragooons, the t.sth Light Dragoons, and two troops of. Horse Artil lery, with 12 cannons, having with them a quan tity of ammunition, exclUsive of the City, Light Hotse, and others in the vicinity of this,metropoliS. INFANTRY. . . -Royal Artillery,. Guards, the East and West Lon don Militia, Tower Hamlets, Ross and RenfreWshire -Regiment of Militia, and HertfOrd, the whole of the Volunteer Corps; all of which were stAioned as follows: viz. Bank .of England, Knightsbridge Barracks, Porfrnan-square 'Barracks. King's Mews, the :Mint, Tower, Hackney and blington, the Bo rough, Lambeth, end Wanisworth. :Pe volunteers on the south and north side of the Thames, were stationed in various situations. There were also within a short distant e of the me tropolis various reserves of cavalry and infairry. The Ministers of State had each two police of ficers, and a guard of soldiers, which remained un der arms till five o'clock this morning. The Hon.Capt.SIDNEY YORKE is appointed one of the Directors of Greenwich Hospital, in the room 01 ~ I r..JoSErEt HUNT, and likewise'oue of the Lords of the Adioiralty, in the room of Capt. Alooßsom. Mr. RottNsoN, Who lins lttely been appointed One of the Lords of the Admiralty, stleueeds Lord LOWTHER. Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND took an airing in leis carriage. Yesterday,a Great number of those who were intent upon the relief of the distressed of any na tion whatsover, met- at the City of London Tavern. The meeting was attended with the utmost lion and solicitude, by those who bad before openly declared their opinions upon that occasion. lininediritely after dinner, the health of the KING was dratfk with unaniinous applause ; afterwards, that of Ihe QUEEN, and the rest of the RUYAL FAMILY. ' The Duke of GLOUCESTER, who had met, upon his entrance, the liost select and distinguished' ap rrobation, was, after retiring for a few munivnts, dank with the most enthusiastic admiration. Uptin his return, he gave thanks to the compare., and re joiced that he had net w ith'the applause of the So ciety upon an occasion where such circnrusiatices were called into action. ,He felt• particularly hap prin sta , ing, that the British nation w.e:e, of all others,• the most capable of shcwi.ig their great !Rituality to their tedow=creatures, and -concluded with the hope that they would impress the ne cessity of compelling a system of conduct which would be of the Most material service, and attended with the most salutary consequences. , The . health of Mi. PINCKNEY was then drank, and Amity with America. This toast was drank with, three times three, and Mr. PlNCKsiev, in an animated speech,, in which he praised 014/institution with the utmost Trtour, declared, that he looked upon the present institution as one ut she most happy. tendency. There ,were many_ other toasts of the same na ture, and many health thank, which were met by the , acne persons with similar enthusiasm, and the Company separated at the hour of twelve, with the utmost CUlWurt and propriety. ST. PAUCS SctiooL.—.-The Orations which, on account of the illness of one of the Examiners have been delayed for same weeks, took plate yesterday at twelve o'elot:k. The School was crowded by an elegant assemblage of tashtuna,nles, and a number of the ['Jost learned men of / this metropolis. At one the Mercer's Company entered, preceded by the Head Master, and atteaded by the Senior Scholars of the School. As soon as they were sewed the speeches commenced, which for elegance of diction, and gracelnlness of action, have never been stir ' pasSed. They concluded at half-past three o'clock, . when the Company adjourned to the House of Dr. RonEturs, the Master, where they partook ot,sotue refreshment. The most able orators were Messrs. BAILEY; SCAM LL, PLATT, and GRANT. By the Ramb aunz arrived at Leith, on the 17th. inst. from Chrisiiana, we learn, that the Danish Government have doubled the duties on the ex portation of timber deals, and b lifens, from Nor way. This, with ,the double duty about to be im posed here on the importation, must ad as nearly a prohibition to our receiving further supplies of that article trom the North, and will tend greatly to the encouragement of a general use of the.produce of our plantations NNa.V A L N \V S Pig MOJTra, 36 t the Tliree Rrb then, PeOUT'; "kristance, KNIGHT; Samuel awl Ann, FoAttEs; Peter and Hannah, DAwsua; tol d .7wo BPothers,DAvitoN ; for Falmouth with Bi'" cult, which is tv be trar►shipjied in , o Transpori 9 there; tor the Use Of the British Art►ly ii, -Portut:lt that will sail from, thence in the course of a few daP for. Lisbon. His Al jesty's ship Plo;;Ier, of t 9 guns, baptalll Bitovrti'; has .convoy stgu ds flying for Commas and will sal to-morrow mornin g . Arrived the brigs Auspicious, of Barinouth, Jong awls, Master ; and the t cean of Foter,l).4l3i PETER I)Avisorr, Master, from Guvrhsey, WAri car goes for this Putt; the foriiier laden wth w, ear ; 'and. the latter with wine ; scvt-ral VeSsi is are to-id ; inrar,Guernsey With cargoes for this ort. Arrived the ship Wit nstyad frorn . the kver, bound to 'Jathaica the galliot Carl thlkelat, J. H. EA'S" TER; Master, froze ,St,,Setrastians,,,w ith a Caro nt t , .erpentine for .1.4 , nd00, put in here by contra''' . winds ; sailed on the; roth itis;atit ; .also arrived the Goodson, kliauokurAm ; flow thistol: • PORTSMOUTH,' Jqr.T.E 21. Arrived' this day llje COCKRANE, from St. Kitts; bound to Lolgio, . , after a passage of seven weeks. • 'Came in his IVlejety's from the West .., *tiled his-Majesty's ships V/ysseg d Hussar, the former for Plymouth and the latter to tlie EastwaLL! “,--:4l.llivcd the Joseph.,and 11larP MITCHELL, in 50 days twin New Vrovidenee. Sailed the Speculator lugger, with a convoy transpOrts for Harw!ch. . Came down from' the. River his INeSty'S 9 11 iP - Poieliers. The,following Ext rad of a.Letter from! an Office r of! board th. 2. Belle I'utt4 frigite, dai(d off cort li t 14tIvApril, contaitis some In,te,restiog _ . —U.-On-the •i4th .011.-we-and the-Montagne We re ordered to the Island of Zante, on some s e cret s , tr' .vice : - When we ar t iv e d t h ere un the tails, we W" A u, :the illugwificent. '[he next (fat' we took on bior' nicety-two of the marines belonging to the MO - Itigue, she having unfortunately gut on a sand-barks but got ".6tf again ' titi , libUt any damage; except Lb e ,, loss of het rudder, whictr, bow ever, prevented vc r joining the expedition. We also embarked gL a ' soldiers of the Calabrian corps, anJ some . Cor•itc 3l ' Rangers. The renralnder - Ag 'the Calablian co , P 3 were embarked - in • transports, a n d' p art o f t he ‘ . J t i regiment on board the Magnificent. Tee total 011 : b rked Were about 2000 men. We.s;Aiied front .Zante Roads on thi• morning oldie -21st, and O D chored on the store day Wit :in three miles . of th e town of St. Maue4, and about halt a mtle7trom -0 1 s' - i•xt. The next reorning, at day-light, the tvi: o4. , - 'of the troops were disembarked, under the consul sir'' of General Oswald, inelnting the marines nom toe ... .. Magnificent, Montague, , and Belie .t'uttle, will'' amounted to about .260 men, under en e commaf"t l te t err respective Officers; Ca,.tain Snow, of !II"' Montdgiie, - being senior ()nicer. Th. 'andel W, ' Oaly opposed ny a surd, battery o; one gun, „leo was soon ,-ilenek'd by the bno;ine stoop of vt'''P -which had also j oin ed us. O ur Roo is a u ,rebew A , on, and took puss ssion'. of the town of 61 ' Maura, acid. 'Push. d forward to meet hie coo' my, who were entrenched...b e h in d a b a t te ry tit 4 pus, which was taken by a pat ty of Albantani, ua- - der the c in nand of. Major Church, woo ,t as tilor" Innately wounded by a musket shot in the arto ,---- The French, to the amount of a!soni 600 wen, re" tired behind anoth , ?.r battery of eielit .tnis. Mitt' marines led to the aSSiul,t in such a galfrot mant'er/ -that nothing could stop their proe,ress, although (M i. : - posed ' to mote than d ou bl e t h e i r -outtib -rs, Wit" every advantage of batteries and•eHrencitmeut , • - ' The French re•ited in the greater. confusion, with • considerable loss, to .the Castle, which iS•about 3 . mile from the town. Our troops also sutii!red' hating about ten killed, aild too wounded . • (-'l4l'l. Morreatt, of ihe•Cailbrians, was killed; Nlajor LW -waft], of that Cores, .wounded in the ar-tr. by a ivt. 3 ' ket ball i - Capt. Snow,, of the Montaue, in 146 arm, by ditto ; C.,iit . Eyre, of the Magnificent, bf ditto, in the' head ; Capt. Stevens, of the Pnaglia , by ditto, its the foot ;. Capt. Vencenze, of the Cid": brian Free Corps, in the bci'y ; LttAtt. Morrison, t' r Marines, of Belle Pule, iii the tact!. lam bit 4 ePY `to say that all the wouhded ate in a fair way ot re covery. Our troops, With the ast.islinee,' of. 1 0 seamen from the Magnificent, began t o ra i s e bilite'' ries next day, and that evening tl,e me my nade, a sortie, but were brat ely I . l.itrlsed,, wiih consider •blq--' loss on their parts. One battery ot ten la - Fot t " ders, and another of six . 32-ponuder;, IY!sidt.s two ... mortars, opened upon the Castle on the• 7th instan t s' and kept up a COns:ant file until the !bin, tt hos Afe. were ordered, to creize oil Corfu. l'icvioes to,uur leaving St. Maui a e dmino the day, two' soldiers wei° killed, and Maiir Clark, with about six sol,dkr'* -, wounded. It was exeeeted, front, the piogre,s roz.IN.- ing in the siege, that the Ca,tle would surrender in five or six days. General C . :aura:it.: couttuatAls tb a Erench forces." - • • I The prohibition of the export of corn from France is further confirmed by letters received ton thrice . yesterday. This is nut, as we'had at first reasoti 11/ . believe, a Mt'aiillttl adop'ed troth a spirit of to this country, but oniz arising uut of absolute necks* sily. Prance, it appears, is not so t , lentifudy Suppliud with grain as • to be ab.e to atfo dthe immense, expor tation of that an icle she li4s' lately been its the habit of making, Her stuck is said to be varely sulficieto tot her own cunsu npt on. Lie prohibition is not so.e'Y . restricted to exp.irts tu •t his coontry,„' but e x,t e r,J., t Hal laud, au4 all places nartb of t IVO Lt i iui auil